Banksy :The Drinker Kidnapped - sculpture

In the spring of 2004, The Drinker, a sculpture by graffiti artist Banksy, was kidnapped. At midday, in front of a live audience of lunching office workers of the media industry, this pseudo replica of Rodins Thinker, crowned with a traffic cone, was lifted from its central London location onto the back of a truck. Three men wearing white overalls, their faces covered with gas masks, strapped him up and gagged him. The event was documented on film. A photo shoot featuring the blindfolded and gagged Drinker ensued. Photographs were taken and distributed to the press together with a ransom note. The negotiations between the artist and Art Kieda, the movement behind the kidnap, unfolded on the pages of the Guardian. Banksy decided not to concede to Art Kieda demands and The Drinker remains, unharmed, in the possession of the movements spokesperson and founding member, known as AK47. I am a prisoner and would like someone to pay for my ransom and take good care of me! i am 9 foot tall, 4 foot square, weigh one tonne and i'm made of fireglass. I am valued more than £200,000 and worth every penny !

source: AK 47 http://www.myspace.com/artkieda http://www.artkieda.com/

http://www.myspace.com/banksysthedrinker




http://www.myspace.com/imnotbanksy

http://twitter.com/imnotbanksy

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[N1XVAN]

this IS art

[hagshor]

Can't get much fucking dumber than AK-47.

[hagshor]

What a fucking twat.

[BuFu4babykiller]

Fuck off ak 47!!!!!

[luekneefuka]

wow..ak 47 is by far the stupidest fuck on the planet. Hes done all that..and everyoneslike'who are you..we really dont care'' no one actually pays attention to him...what a stupid. 'we'll burn it'....'ok its a piece of shit anyway' :L that worked out well for you didnt it sunshine. :L

[Mrextravigant]

init why would he do that

and wtf :O

it didnt make to much sense

[aanzon1]

fuck ak47